WOODHOUSE Eaves tennis ace Katie Boulter has qualified for the main draw of the WTA Miami Open.

Awarded a wild card into the qualifying tournament, the 21-year-old British number 4 beat USA’s Taylor Townsend 7-6 6-2 in the first round to set up a clash with Canadian Carol Zhao on Tuesday.

Boulter lost the first set 3-6 but bounced back in the second set, taking it 7-6 after winning the tiebreak 7-1 and then racing through the deciding set for a 3-6 7-6 6-2 win.

Now Boulter faces Taiwan’s Hsieh Su-wei in the first round proper, a player with a career high singles ranking of 23 and former world number one doubles player, who won the Wimbledon women's doubles title in 2013 and the French Open women's doubles title in 2014 with Peng Shuai.